Read more about the article Here’s why we love Big Ten’s basketball win record holder representing Michigan State

Here’s why we love Big Ten’s basketball win record holder representing Michigan State

PHOTO: Tom Izzo broke Bob Knight's all-time Big Ten record for wins with his 354th Saturday night at Illinois. My website homepage: TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said all the right things when he broke Bob Knight’s Big Ten record for career conference wins Saturday night at Illinois. He thanked "all 148 of my players" over the years and the others who helped him along the way to victory No. 354. Of course he…

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Read more about the article The night I saw good Bobby Knight at his best

The night I saw good Bobby Knight at his best

By TOM SHANAHAN Bobby Knight kicked me out of Assembly Hall during an Indiana basketball practice. That’s not a bad thing to have on your journalism resume. I was reminded of that day, October 15, 1977, with the news Knight, the iconic and controversial basketball coach, died on Wednesday at age 83 after a long bout with dementia. Knight sent a student manager to up to climb the to the top seats of Assembly Hall to tell both…

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How Bobby Knight took the fun out of the Army-Navy Game

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN The road trip of the year for the West Point Corps of Cadets is to the Army-Navy Game. They board a bus for the round trip from West Point to the site of the game, traditionally Philadelphia. Obviously, it’s not an Animal House Road Trip with Otter commandeering Flounder’s big Lincoln and wrecking it. The Corps of Cadets have duties -- formal and informal. There is the March On. Army’s…

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